No Easy Victory: Towards Equal Pay for Women in the Government Service 1890-1960

Appendix II

Cit. D. Fletcher. 'Women in the New Zealand Labour Force', Table XXV, pp. 76–77.

NUMBERS OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS 1926–1936–1945
Occupation	Number of Females
	1926	1936	1945
Public Service:
Administrative Office of Public Service		4	15
Professional or Clerical Officer of Public Service	48	75	217
Public Administration
Member of Parliament	—	—	2
Town Clerk/County Clerk	9	12	27
Professions
Lawyer	4	7	19
Dentist	48	14	16
Doctor	72	83	137
Architect/Naval Architect	8	4	8
Draughting
Draughting/Plan Tracing	48	34	143
Science
Botanist/Naturalist/Mycologist/Agrostologist	4	6	19
Analytical Chemist	7	11	29
Laboratory Assistants	—	17	193
Education
University Professor/Lecturer/Demonstrator	20	30	69
Teachers	6500	6400	6900
Governesses	190	211	60
Music Teachers	1474	1141	550
Welfare
Welfare worker/Organiser	70	91	154
Libraries
Librarian	102	189	406
Library Assistant	47	112	356
Writing
Author/Novelist/Poet	7	17	6
Journalist	48	83	39
Reporter	3	19	28
Art
Artists, Art Students (Not student in 1945)	87	135	40
Commercial Artists	40	112	176
Professional Accountancy
Public Accountants/Auditor/Auditor Inspector	34	13	49
Accountants/Cost Accountants	273	235	421page 94
Police
Police Women	—	—	30
Health
Dispenser	4	—	80
Masseuse	155	172	205
Nurse (Hospital/Private/Maternity/Plunket)	5137	4980	7248
Nurse — Mental Hospital	14	299	418
Nurse — Probationer	702	2473	3282
Nurse — Hospital	222	152	298
Dental Nurses	—	643	1023